When silk was gold : Central Asian and Chinese textiles / James C.Y. Watt, Anne E. Wardwell ; with an essay by Morris Rossabi.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997Distributor: New York : Distributed by H.N. Abrams Description: x, 238 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0870998250
- 9780870998256
- 0870998277
- 9780870998270
- 746.0439095 22
- NK8883.A1 W38 1997
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 746.0439095 WAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A321443B |
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746.041 JER The textile design book / | 746.0410996 NEI Tapa of the Pacific / | 746.04390949502 MUT Studies in silk in Byzantium / | 746.0439095 WAT When silk was gold : Central Asian and Chinese textiles / | 746.04390951 VOL Silks for thrones and altars : Chinese costumes and textiles from the Liao through the Qing dynasty / | 746.0453 SKI Metallic textile designs / | 746.0454 LEI Paper textiles / |
Catalog accompanying an exhibition opeing at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 10-19-97 through 1-4-98 and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 3-3-98 through 5-17-98.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Directors' Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- Chronology -- The Silk Trade in China and Central Asia -- Map of the Tang Dynasty and the Silk Roads, ca. 750 -- Map of the Northern Song, the Liao, and Their Neighbors -- Map of the Southern Song, the Jin, and Their Neighbors -- Map of the Mongol Empire -- 1. Early Exchanges: Silks from the 8th through the 11th Century -- 2. Kesi: Silk Tapestry -- 3. Brocades of the Jin and Mongol Periods -- 4. Luxury-Silk Weaving under the Mongols -- 5. Embroideries -- Glossary: Weaving Terms -- Glossary: Embroidery Stitches -- Glossary: Chinese and Japanese Names and Terms -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index -- Photograph Credits.
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